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Our Libero Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software release for designing with our radiation-tolerant (rad-tolerant) FPGAs, antifuse FPGAs and legacy and discontinued Flash FPGAs manages the entire design flow from design entry, synthesis and simulation to place-and-route, timing and power analysis. 

For other FPGA families, please use refer to Libero SoC Design Suite versions v12.0 to later or Libero SoC Design Suite versions 11.9 and earlier (see Device Support section for details). 

Features


  • Powerful project and design flow management
  • Full suite of integrated design entry tools and methodologies:
  • SmartDesign graphical SoC design creation with automatic abstraction to HDL
  • IP core catalog and configuration
  • User-defined block creation flow for design reuse
  • Synplify Pro ME synthesis fully optimizes our FPGA device performance and area utilization
  • Synphony Model Compiler ME performs high-level synthesis optimizations within a Simulink® environment
  • ModelSim ME VHDL or Verilog behavioral, post-synthesis and post-layout simulation capability
  • Physical design implementation, floor planning, physical constraints and layout
  • Timing-driven and power-driven place-and-route
  • SmartTime environment for timing constraint management and analysis
  • SmartPower for providing comprehensive power analysis for actual and "what if" power scenarios
  • Interface to FlashPro programmers
  • Post-route on-chip debug tools and Identify ME debugging software for Flash designs using our FPGAs
  • Silicon Explorer II debugging software for antifuse designs with our FPGAs

Download Software


Libero IDE v9.2 SP4 Software (10/28/21)

Important Notes:

  1. Libero IDE v9.2 SP4 supports RHEL 8 operating system. Install the required package per updated check script to develop your designs on RHEL 8 operating system.
  2. For users working offline with Libero IDE v9.2 and its service packs, Mega Vault v9.2 for Windows has to be installed.
  3. Libero IDE v9.2 SP4 users working on the Windows 10 platform must install ModelSim ME v10.5c stand-alone software to simulate the design. Refer the release notes for more details.

Libero IDE v9.2 SP3 Software (4/4/16)

Important Notes:

  1. Libero IDE v9.2 SP3 is an incremental service pack and should be installed over Libero IDE v9.2 or Libero IDE v9.2 SP2.
  2. Libero IDE v9.2 SP3 users working on the Windows 10 platform must install ModelSim ME v10.5c stand-alone software to simulate the design. Refer the release notes for more details.

Libero IDE v9.2 SP2 Software (11/20/14)

Important Notes:

  1. Software download links for Libero IDE v9.2 SP2 are available in the release notes above.
  2. Libero IDE v9.2 SP2 is an incremental service pack and should be installed over Libero IDE v9.2 or Libero IDE v9.2 SP1.

Libero IDE v9.2 SP1 Software (6/26/14)

Important Notes:

  1. Software download links for Libero IDE v9.2 SP1 are available in the release notes above.
  2. Libero IDE v9.2 SP1 is an incremental service pack and should be installed over Libero IDE v9.2.

Libero IDE v9.2 Software (4/9/14)

To download the previous versions of Libero IDE, create a technical support case on our Support portal.

 

Libero Software Download Pages

License Server Daemons

License manager daemons are required for server-based (Floating) licenses. They are bundled independently for download to allow users to host their Libero license on their preferred server platform.*

Complete installation instructions can be found in Libero Software Installation and Licensing Guide

64-bit Licensing Daemons


Download lmgrd/lmutil/lmhostid actlmgrd snpslmd saltd
Windows Daemons v11.19.6.0 v11.19.6.0 v11.19.6.0 v11.19.6.0
Linux Daemons v11.19.6.0 v11.19.6.0 v11.19.6.0 v11.19.6.0

Scenarios for upgrading to the new 64-bit daemons (v11.19):

  • Installing a new Libero software floating license
  • Migrating to Libero SoC Design Suite v2024.2 (or later)
  • Updating existing licenses (renewal, incremental, or regeneration)

Documentation


Supported Product Families, Platforms and Requirements


Libero IDE supports the following product families:

  • ACT1
  • ACT2/1200XL
  • ACT3
  • 3200DX
  • 40MX
  • 42MX
  • SX/SX-A (including RTSX/-S/-SU)
  • eX
  • Axcelerator (including RTAX™-S and RTAX-D FPGAs)
  • ProASIC® FPGAs (aka 500K)
  • ProASIC Plus® FPGAs (aka APA)
  • ProASIC 3E FPGAs are available for RT prototyping only (for designs targeted to ProASIC 3E FPGAs, use Libero SoC)

For licensing requirements on these product families, please refer to the licensing web page.

Software Tools


Operating System Libero® IDE FlashPro
Windows® 103
Windows 71
Windows XP Pro SP31
RHEL 8 ✓ (Supported from Libero IDE v9.2 SP4. Install the required package per updated check script) N/A
RHEL 5 (Tikanga)1 N/A
RHEL 6 (Tikanga)2 N/A
RHEL 7 ✓ (Supported from Libero IDE v9.2 SP4) N/A
CentOS 7 ✓ (Supported from Libero IDE v9.2 SP4) N/A
  1.  We tested these tools on both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
  2.  RHEL 6 is supported on 64-bit operating systems only.
  3.  Windows 10 is supported on 64-bit operating systems.

FlashPro Programming Tools


Operating System

FlashPro 4 and 31,3

FlashPro Lite4

Windows® 10

N/A

Windows 7

✓ 2

Windows XP Pro SP3

✓ 1

Notes:

  1.  Both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems are supported for USB. The driver delivered with Libero IDE version 9.0 SP1 or FlashPro version 9.0 SP1 or later is required for programmers connected to 64-bit systems.
  2. 32-bit operating systems only.
  3. FlashPro 3 was discontinued in 2009 and replaced with FlashPro 4. For more information, read the product discontinuation notification.
  4. FlashPro Lite supports only the ProASIC Plus family. Parallel port is not yet available for 64-bit systems

 


Software/Platform Disk Space* RAM License Required
Libero® IDE 4 GB See charts below Yes
Libero IDE SA 1.5 GB See charts below Yes
SoftConsole 400 MB 128 MB No
FlashPro Stand-Alone 120 MB 256 MB No

* Maximum disk space for installation, assuming that all family device libraries are installed and all IP Cores loaded to the IP catalog. 

Important Notes: All tools within the Libero IDE software suite only support installation, execution and project manipulation on disk partitions that are 2 TB or smaller. If either the Libero software installation, home directory or Libero software project folder is located on a partition that is larger than 2 TB, file access errors or tool crashes may occur.

 


Product Family Device RAM
RTAX-S and RTAX-DSP FPGAs Devices up to RTAX2000 1 GB
RTAX-S and RTAX-DSP FPGAs RTAX4000S, RTAX4000D 3 GB
Axcelerator FPGAs All Devices 1 GB*
SX-A/eX/MX FPGAs All Devices 256 MB
ProASIC Plus® FPGAs APA1000 1 GB

To increase the virtual address space that is available to the applications on Windows 32-bit OS, refer to Known Issue SL5583.

Licenses


We offer multiple licenses to design with our FPGA and SoC design tools. Most of the software tools and FPGA IP cores are freely available, but a few high-value IP cores and resources needed to work with high-density FPGAs require paid licenses.

Purchase a Libero SoC Design Suite License

Purchase a DirectCore IP License